C6 2nd UT Textual Comprehension Set 6

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

1. Read the text carefully and answer the questions that follow:

I sat in the dark view-room of the space station. I looked out at the Earth. It was somewhat familiar to me. There was a small photograph of the blue planet in our drawing room.

I, Kepler Masterman, was born on the Moon fifteen years back. My mother had been dead five years ago. She had told me stories about the Earth, that excitingly unknown place. My father is the Governor of the Moon. He was going on an expedition to the Earth. And here was I, accompanying him on my first ever journey to the Earth.

I looked down at Earth. It seemed so close to me that I felt I could touch it. We had to wait for another fifteen minutes before our journey started.

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A. Complete the following sentences:

1. Kepler was sitting __________________.
2. Here the ‘blue planet’ refers to __________________.

B. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False statements in the boxes given on the right-hand side:

1. Kepler was born on the Moon.
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2. Kepler had an expedition to the Earth before.
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3. The Earth was so close to Kepler that he could touch it.
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C. Answer the following questions:

1. Who was Kepler’s father?

Ans. __________________

2. What did Kepler’s mother tell him about the Earth?

Ans. __________________

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